checkmates (0 synonym found)

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Definition of checkmates:

(n) : (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
(n) : (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
(v) : (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
(v) : (transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

Definition of checkmates:

(n) : (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
(n) : (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
(v) : (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
(v) : (transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

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